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Study: Lizards bask for more than warmth

...ntake, Karsten observed the behavior of two different groups of chameleons. One group had high internal vitamin D levels, thanks to a diet of crickets dusted with a vitamin D powder. The other group ate regular crickets and had low vitamin D. The chameleons were then placed in individual outdoor enclosures ...

Exercising Power to Lead Healthier Lives - 740,000 Participants Cast Votes for 'Challenger of Year'

...pounds and had now reached 234 pounds. I couldn't fathom that I had put on exactly 100 pounds at 5'7" since graduating from college. I dusted off the kicks and got to walking every day. My most prized memory in my journey came when I stepped on the scale and it read 199 pounds...

Talcum Powder Curbs Lung Tumor Risk

... months longer than expected. To figure out why, Antony compared lung fluid from 16 patients with malignant pleural effusions before and after doctors dusted their lungs with talc. The results were startling. We were surprised to find that talc has added benefits besides causing scarring and taking ...

Police Look For Clue's Near Gas Stations In Teen Killing

...ire here. Police also do not know why the teen was killed. On Wednesday, police went to the victim's rooming house on Woodbine Street in Roxbury and dusted for fingerprints. Neighbors were also asked about Samuels' mood when she was last seen, ''She looked a little stressed, like she was going through som...

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Dusted in Biological News

Redefining what it means to be a prion

...essed, this switching occurs at a higher rate, which may give the yeast a better chance to adapt to challenging conditions. For example, if a grape dusted with yeast falls from the vine and into a puddle, the waterlogged yeast's environment changes drastically. Various prions in the yeast cells may switc...

New light microscope sharpens scientists' focus

...ey did have ?which turned out to be old optics equipment Hess had saved from their days at Bell Labs, supplemented by the money in their wallets. They dusted off the equipment and set up shop in the living room of Hess's condominium in La Jolla, California. There, in just two months, they built a proto...

Dusted in Biological Technology

The Lancet's New Online Medical Journal Helps Clinicians and Medical Researchers Find Practice-Changing Evidence Quickly and Easily

...e fact that TheLancet.com is so quick and simple. I don't want to have hassle; I'm not interested in how the process works, so I just want it done and dusted and on to the next thing." About Elsevier Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and serv...

Hurricane Katrina: Many disaster recovery systems were outdated

... paid for disaster recovery plans never put them to the test and let them gather dust. When something did happen, people who pulled out the report and dusted it off found that their plans to be inadequate and outdated. This happened after 9/11 when organizations found out they were ill-equipped to handle ma...